PTC’08: A Great Success

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The 30th anniversary PTC'08 conference was the best in years according to many participants who commented on the renewed energy of PTC. With a 20% increase in registration from last year and a new set-up in the lounge and Pavilion along with many new features incorporating networkers and a meeting system, the conference had an outstanding appeal and dynamism...more

PTC´08 Fast Facts

PTC’08 Fast Facts

1150 Conference Registrants

220 Networker Registrants

29 Meeting System Only Registrants

164 Program Speakers and Panelists

36 Conference Sessions
25 Exhibitors and Pavilion Meeting Cubicle participating organizations
33 Corporate Sponsors

56 Countries and territories represented

2 Major receptions sponsored by Diamond Patrons Verizon Business and
Tata Communications

Senior-Level Attendance

The registration list for PTC’08 included:

• 200 Presidents, CEOs and others with top-most management and leadership titles.
• Over 500 vice-presidents and senior management including CIO, CTO, CFO...
• 150 industry analysts, lawyers, researchers and scholars.
• Approximately 3000 business representatives surrounding the conference.

Engage with PTC Throughout the Year

We invite members to participate in PTC activities throughout the year. There are opportunities to participate in committee activities, the 2008 Mid-year Seminar in Singapore this coming June and planning for the PTC’09 annual conference next January.

Please take a moment to fill out and return the Opportunitites to Engage with PTC form if you did not have a chance to do this during PTC’08 or were not able to attend.

PTC´08: 'Davos' on the Beach?

by: Steve McClelland, Principal & Consulting Editor (Telecommunications(R)), Personal Media Press

If there is one thing telecom needs, it's vision. Trouble is, it may not recognize needing a vision. Such myopia is down to a traditional industry culture and a dotcom bust retrenchment in the last few years. But the old ways of doing things are gone forever...more

Impressions from PTC’08

Board of Governors members John Hibbard and Morley Winograd review PTC'08...more

PTC Mid-Year Seminar 2008

A one-day seminar will be held in cooperation with CommunicAsia in Singapore during the week of 17-20 June.  Specific date to be announced shortly.

A program steering committee is meeting shortly to plan fully for this one-day event...more

Richard J. Barber
PTC Distinguished Service Award

On the occasion of PTC’s 30th anniversary conference, a PTC Distinguished Service Award was established to honor outstanding leadership in service to the organization. The award is named for PTC’s first Executive Director, Richard J. Barber, who served in that capacity for 22 years. It was fitting therefore that the first awardee was Richard Barber himself. Dick's tireless efforts in steering many developments led to PTC becoming a significant conference and membership organization as well as a respected institution in Pacific hemisphere, indeed globally. Congratulations Dick!

PTC´08 Research Prize Winners

	Lee and Kshetri shown wearing traditional Hawaiian lei.

The O.S. Braunstein Prize for best student paper was awarded to Sangwon Lee, Doctoral Student and Alumni Graduate Fellow
University of Florida, USA, for his paper "The Determinants of the Global Broadband Deployment: An Empirical Analysis"

The Meheroo Jussawalla Research Paper Prize (best overall participant research paper) was awarded to Nir Kshetri, Professor, Business Administration, University of North Carolina – Greensboro, USA, for his paper "Looking at the Facts: What we Know (and Don’t Know) about the Chinese Internet Protocol TV Market"

Look for the announcements for submission of proposals for the PTC'09 research prize coming soon!

Role of Research in PTC

by: Richard Taylor, Co-Chair, PTC Research Committee and Professor, Pennsylvania State University

At PTC'08, 38 educators & researchers met for discussions during the annual luncheon on Monday 14 January and 44 participants attended the Research Roundtable on Wednesday 16 January, 1015-1115 that focused on the role of research in PTC...more

Role of Development in PTC

by: Elizabeth Fife and Stephanie Rolfe, Co-Chairs, PTC Development Special Interest Group (SIG)

The PTC Special Interest Group (SIG) on ICT Development meeting at PTC’08 was attended by about 30 people. A lively discussion took place on the best steps to move the group forward in a way which will further a PTC “ICT in Emerging Economies” community that engages with PTC and the variety of members interested in this topic. A consensus was reached on several practicable ideas:... more

President’s Report - January 2008

David Lassner, PTC President and Board of Governor’s Chair

Remarkable as it seems, PTC’08 will mark our 30th Pacific Telecommunications Conference! This is truly a great milestone for our organization. From its very modest beginnings, PTC’s challenge over these 30 years and going forward is similar to what most of you face: Ensuring that we embrace the changes around us...more

Board of Governors (BG)

Minutes of the two meetings of the Board of Governors held during PTC’08 will be available shortly on the PTC website under the Members Section.

Reminder: As a member of PTC you can access all the information in the Members Only Section. userid = building; password = bridges.

The Board of Governors selected the following as officers of the Council for 2008:

Strategic decisions were made on the organization of the 2008 Mid-year seminar in Singapore in June and for the establishment of the program committee and planning process for PTC’09.

The Board also approved several changes to the bylaws that will come into effect shortly including a change to 3-year terms for BG members and a change in title of the Executive Director to CEO. Other modifications will be made as relates to quorums and electronic votes of the BG to allow for more efficiency in conducting the business of the BG throughout the year.

Other matters discussed and acted on include the status of the organization’s finances, the office lease of the secretariat and other matters that relate to the board’s fiduciary responsibilities.

The BG established a board committee for audit chaired by Bill Barney and a committee for membership/sponsorship chaired by Claire Papponneau. An ad hoc group lead by Bruce Drake was also established in regards to implementing a transition process to move to 3-year board terms.

The BG also reviewed the summary submitted by the Development Special Interest Group and accepted that they should move forward on the recommended initiatives.

4th PTC President and Board Chair Passes Away

We regret to inform members that Kiyohara (Ken) Tsuruta passed away this past year. Mr. Tsuruta was the 4th PTC President (1988-1989) and Board of Trustees Chairman (1990). He was the first Asian officer to lead PTC.

The 1988 PTC Mid-year seminar, held in Sendai, Japan, was organized by the PTC Japan Committee under the guidance of Mr. Tsuruta. The seminar attracted 450 delegates and included visits to cultural sites and universities.

Dan Wedemeyer, Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa, worked many hours with Tsuruta-san and noted that, “He was a gentle and quiet guiding person that listened enough and talked when necessary. He worked very hard behind the scenes to make PTC evolve. He gave great balance to the PTC Board of Trustees and encouraged a broad base of international participation in PTC. He truly was one of the people who help set the international foundation of the organization.”

New Members

A very warm Aloha to our new PTC members:

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The PTC Members Bulletin is published in 10 monthly issues each year. The Bulletin is distributed electronically to members in early February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November and December. The next issue will be distributed to members in early March 2008.
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